ISRCTN34806867
Completed
N/A
A stepped wedge, cluster-controlled trial to evaluate a structured team intervention on medical wards (Hospital Event Analysis Describing Significant Unanticipated Problems)
IHR Imperial Patient Safety Translational Research Centre0 sites7,840 target enrollmentMarch 24, 2015
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Quality and safety of inpatient medical care
- Sponsor
- IHR Imperial Patient Safety Translational Research Centre
- Enrollment
- 7840
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •1\. Health professionals on participating medical wards available to take part in the HEADS\-UP briefings
- •2\. All patients admitted to those wards during the study period, unless they meet one of the exclusion criteria
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patient exclusion criteria:
- •1\. Time spent on the specified ward comprising less than 50% of the total inpatient stay
- •2\. Discharge to a new skilled care facility or other hospital (i.e., not the patient’s address at the time of admission; discharge to a new facility typically incurs substantial delays, outside of the ward team’s control)
- •3\. Multiple intra\-hospital ward transfers. A single transfer from the initial admissions unit to a downstream medical ward is permitted. One further transfer to an escalation area to facilitate discharge (whereby the patient spends less than 24 hours in the escalation area immediately prior to their discharge home) is also permitted
- •4\. Admission to the high dependency unit or ICU
- •5\. Elective admission or direct admission from another hospital
- •6\. Surgeon\-directed care for more than 24 hours during the inpatient stay
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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